Amiri Baraka & Rob Brown - Something In The Way Of Things (In Town)

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Something In The Way of Things (In Town), by Amiri Baraka (poetry) and Rob Brown (saxophone), recorded live on February 21, 2009 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY.
Poetic icon and revolutionary political activist Amiri Baraka performs with Rob Brown, an eloquent and versatile saxophonist with a deep knowledge of jazz, in a reading from his book Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems. The recital of the provocative poem Somebody Blew Up America engaged the poet warrior in a battle royal with the governor of New Jersey, who demanded his resignation as the states Poet Laureate. With influences on Barakas work ranging from musical orishas such as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, and Sun Ra to the Cuban Revolution, Malcolm X and world revolutionary movements, he is renowned as the founder of the Black Arts Movement in Harlem in the 1960s that became, though short-lived, the virtual blueprint for a new American theater aesthetic.
This production is part of "Free Jazz at the Sanctuary," a 13-part series of jazz performance videos featuring some of the world's most talented improvisers performing a wide spectrum of music in the genre broadly known as free jazz. Each hour-long show is available on DVD directly from Downtown Music Gallery (www.downtownmusicgallery.com). For more information on this series visit www.JazzSanctuary.org The complete series consists of performances by: The Thirteenth Assembly (Taylor Ho Bynum, Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone) Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (Kahil El'Zabar, Ernest Dawkins, Corey Wilkes) From Between Trio (Michel Doneda, Tatsuya Nakatani, Jack Wright) Michael Vlatkovich Quartet (Christopher Garcia, Jonathan Golove, David Mott, Michael Vlatkovich) Sax Soup Poetry and Voice (Joe Giardullo, Pierre Joris, Nicole Peyrafitte) Trio Tarana (Sam Bardfeld, Ravish Momin, Brian Prunka) The Ras Ensemble (Clif Jackson, Dave Miller, Ras Moshe, Tor Yochai Snyder) William Hooker Empty Cage Quartet (Ivan Johnson, Paul Kikuchi, Jason Mears, Kris Tiner) Weasel Walter Trio (Peter Evans, Mary Halvorson, Weasel Walter) Splatto Festival Chorus (Dave Barrett, Michael Bisio, Ed Mann, Todd Reynolds) Amiri Baraka and Rob Brown Fay Victor Ensemble (Ken Filiano, Anders Nilsson, Michael TA Thompson, Fay Victor). "Free Jazz from the Sanctuary" is a co-production of NY Media Alliance and the Arts Department at Rensselaer, made possible in part with support from the NYS Council on the Arts and the NYS Music Fund, established by the NYS Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers.

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@MsPeaceism
@MsPeaceism 13 жыл бұрын
I think I know every word of this poem....Phrenology, thx Roots crew
@teebee5043
@teebee5043 10 жыл бұрын
In my humble opinion, the best work of poetry ever written.
@cinephemera
@cinephemera 2 жыл бұрын
Fred Moten sent me.
@WeeWeeJumbo
@WeeWeeJumbo 8 жыл бұрын
Tears, every single time
@larrygabrieljr615
@larrygabrieljr615 11 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!!
@dorispulliam5001
@dorispulliam5001 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@rtj3619
@rtj3619 2 жыл бұрын
Give Brown his props also.
@forgottengrooves6073
@forgottengrooves6073 5 жыл бұрын
Can't forget about his Last Poets work 🔥
@danielleblaiq
@danielleblaiq 10 жыл бұрын
Rest in Power.. I still believe you should have recited at Barak Obama's inauguration. You will be missed...
@milltic9
@milltic9 2 жыл бұрын
The saxophone is both distracting and unnecessary.
@coreyblackmon2015
@coreyblackmon2015 2 жыл бұрын
yeah it was to be honest. id rather listen to the original version
@johnmorrow1253
@johnmorrow1253 Жыл бұрын
too loud mainly possibly too much but mainly too loud
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